Genspect's Gender Dysphoria Support Tool Works!
Genspect's approach to managing identity development distress
At Genspect, we often hear distressing stories from parents who visit gender clinics expecting thoughtful, expert support for their child’s gender-related distress, only to be met with a swift diagnosis of gender dysphoria and pressure to approve a treatment plan involving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or surgery, with minimal investigation into underlying issues. When they express concerns—such as their child having no prior discomfort with their sex or questioning influences like trauma, social contagion, or comorbidities such as autism—their worries are dismissed or, worse, met with threats that non-affirmation could lead to their child’s suicide. It is not surprising that parents feel blindsided and unsure how to proceed. The Genspect Gender Dysphoria Support Tool, created by Hermes Postma can help.
A Compelling Case Study
In a recent post on Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT), the father of a young autistic woman wrote about how Genspect’s Gender Dysphoria Support Tool helped his daughter. “B” writes:
I am the father of the girl in the PITT article "The Girl in the Tinkerbell Dress." I cannot stress enough how crucial the "Gender Dysphoria Support Tool" was in getting the Waterside Gender Clinic in Edinburgh to let go of our gender-confused autistic child. We are eternally grateful to Genspect for supplying the Gender Dysphoria Support Tool. Hermes Postma, the author of this hugely important survey, we can never thank you enough.
We fully recommend that you watch A Wider Lens episode 203, where Dr. Marieke den Ouden explains the survey so well for anyone who might experience any difficulty with it. Thank you, Dr. Marieke den Ouden. Our family—and most importantly, our daughter—have been helped greatly by you all.
Read the full account here
A New Approach
Genspect’s Gender Dysphoria Support Tool is a powerful way to make clinicians listen. It is just one example of Genspect’s non-medicalized approach to managing identity development distress.
Others include:
The Gender Framework — Evidence-based policy recommendations for supporting children and vulnerable adults experiencing identity development distress.
Beyond Trans — A non-medicalized approach for those experiencing identity distress, including support for desisters, detransitioners, and disenchanted trans people.
Memorandum of Understanding on the Role of Puberty in Adolescent Development, which represents the signatories’ shared commitment to protecting the healthy process of puberty and adolescence, prioritizing young people’s developmental integrity and future well-being.
Genspect further recognizes:
Gender nonconformity as developmentally normal, especially for children who will mature into LGB adults.
The central importance of family relationships in helping young people manage distress in the course of identity development.
The impact of autism, eating disorders, and other mental health concerns on identity development.
There is now a peer reviewed compilation of estrogen harms, perhaps useful?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40506545/